# sciath
## English
### Etymology

From Irish sciath.

### Noun

sciath (plural sciaths)
* (historical) An oblong shield of wickerwork once used in Ireland.

### Anagrams

* Chaits, chatis, scaith, tachis, taisch

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃciə/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish scíath (“shield, buckler; protection, defence, safeguard”), from Proto-Celtic *skeitos, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt-, from *skey- (“to cut, separate”). Cognate with Breton skoed, Latin scūtum and Old Church Slavonic щитъ (štitŭ).

#### Noun

sciath f or m (genitive singular scéithe or scéith, nominative plural sciatha)
* shield
** protection, cover; protector
** protective screen
** (entomology, zoology) shield
** shield-shaped basket
** wicker-work door or screen

##### Declension

As feminine noun:
bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
sciath
sciatha
vocative
a sciath
a sciatha
genitive
scéithe
sciath
dative
sciath scéith (archaic, dialectal)
sciatha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an sciath
na sciatha
genitive
na scéithe
na sciath
dative
leis an sciath leis an scéith (archaic, dialectal) don sciath don scéith (archaic, dialectal)
leis na sciatha :
As masculine noun:
bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
sciath
sciatha
vocative
a scéith
a sciatha
genitive
scéith
sciath
dative
sciath
sciatha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an sciath
na sciatha
genitive
an scéith
na sciath
dative
leis an sciath don sciath
leis na sciatha :

##### Derived terms

* barr scéithe (“chief”)
* bocóid scéithe (“boss of shield”)
* buaileam sciath (“braggadoccio”)
* cabhradh scéithe (“boss of shield”)
* círín scéithe (“crest of shield”)
* droim scéithe (“back, convex side of shield”)
* iris scéithe (“strap of shield”)
* lámh na scéithe (“the left hand”)
* léibheann sciath (“wall of shields, testudo”)
* sceallbholg sciath (“testudo”)
* sceimheal scéithe (“flange of shield”)
* scéithín
* sciath armais f (“armorial shield”)
* sciath chocháin f (“screen made of straw ropes”)
* sciath chosanta f (“protective shield”)
* sciath thine f (“fire-screen”)
* sciath truicir (“trigger-guard”)
* sciathach (“having, bearing, shield(s)”, adjective)
* sciathach (“left-handed”, adjective)
* sciathán m (“wicker-work lid or panel”)
* sciathbholcán m (“shield volcano”)
* sciathbhrat m (“screen”)
* sciathchill f (“guard-cell”)
* sciathchlár m (“baffle-board”)
* sciathdhorn m (“basket-hilt”)
* sciathfháinne m (“guard-ring”)
* sciathghreille f (“screen-grid”)
* sciathlúireach f (“breastplate”)
* sciathóg f (“shield-shaped basket”)
* sciathrach f (“shield-strap”)
* sciathshúileach (“wall-eyed”, adjective)
* seolán sciata (“screened lead”)
* tul scéithe (“boss of shield”)
* úll scéithe (“boss of shield”)

#### Verb

sciath (present analytic sciathann, future analytic sciathfaidh, verbal noun sciathadh, past participle sciata)
* (transitive, electrical engineering) screen

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | sciathaim | sciathann tú; sciathair$^†$ | sciathann sé, sí | sciathaimid | sciathann sibh | sciathann siad; sciathaid$^†$ | a sciathann; a sciathas | sciatar |
| indicative | past | sciath mé; sciathas | sciath tú; sciathais | sciath sé, sí | sciathamar; sciath muid | sciath sibh; sciathabhair | sciath siad; sciathadar | a sciath / ar sciath* | sciathadh |
| indicative | past habitual | sciathainn | sciatá | sciathadh sé, sí | sciathaimis; sciathadh muid | sciathadh sibh | sciathaidís; sciathadh siad | a sciathadh / a sciathadh* | sciataí |
| future | future | sciathfaidh mé; sciathfad | sciathfaidh tú; sciathfair$^†$ | sciathfaidh sé, sí | sciathfaimid; sciathfaidh muid | sciathfaidh sibh | sciathfaidh siad; sciathfaid$^†$ | a sciathfaidh; a sciathfas | sciathfar |
| conditional | conditional | sciathfainn | sciathfá | sciathfadh sé, sí | sciathfaimis; sciathfadh muid | sciathfadh sibh | sciathfaidís; sciathfadh siad | a sciathfadh / a sciathfadh* | sciathfaí |
| subjunctive | present | go sciatha mé; go sciathad$^†$ | go sciatha tú; go sciathair$^†$ | go sciatha sé, sí | go sciathaimid; go sciatha muid | go sciatha sibh | go sciatha siad; go sciathaid$^†$ | — | go sciatar |
| subjunctive | past | dá sciathainn | dá sciatá | dá sciathadh sé, sí | dá sciathaimis; dá sciathadh muid | dá sciathadh sibh | dá sciathaidís; dá sciathadh siad | — | dá sciataí |
| imperative | imperative | sciathaim | sciath | sciathadh sé, sí | sciathaimis | sciathaigí; sciathaidh$^†$ | sciathaidís | — | sciatar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | sciathadh | sciathadh | sciathadh | sciathadh | sciathadh | sciathadh | sciathadh | sciathadh |
| past participle | past participle | sciata | sciata | sciata | sciata | sciata | sciata | sciata | sciata |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish scíath (“wing”).

#### Noun

sciath m (genitive singular scéith, nominative plural sciatha)
* (literary) wing

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
sciath
sciatha
vocative
a scéith
a sciatha
genitive
scéith
sciath
dative
sciath
sciatha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an sciath
na sciatha
genitive
an scéith
na sciath
dative
leis an sciath don sciath
leis na sciatha :

##### Derived terms

* sciathán m (“wing; side, extension; part, piece; arm”)

##### Related terms

* sciathánach (“winged; long-armed”, adjective)

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sciath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 scíath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 scíath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language